Authority Only Comes from the Ahlul Bayt

Here is a Ḥasan (Good) ḥadīth that says there is no authority and knowledge except that it comes from the Ahl al-Bayt (عليهم السلام). Also, within this ḥadīth is the famous mutawātir ḥadīth of Imām `Alī (عليه السلام) where he tells the people “Salūnī (Ask me) whatever you wish”.

عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي نَصْرٍ عَنْ مُثَنًّى عَنْ زُرَارَةَ قَالَ كُنْتُ عِنْدَ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع فَقَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكُوفَةِ يَسْأَلُهُ عَنْ قَوْلِ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع سَلُونِي عَمَّا شِئْتُمْ فَلَا تَسْأَلُونِّي عَنْ شَيْ‏ءٍ إِلَّا أَنْبَأْتُكُمْ بِهِ قَالَ إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ أَحَدٌ عِنْدَهُ عِلْمُ شَيْ‏ءٍ إِلَّا خَرَجَ مِنْ عِنْدِ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع فَلْيَذْهَبِ النَّاسُ حَيْثُ شَاءُوا فَوَ اللَّهِ لَيْسَ الْأَمْرُ إِلَّا مِنْ هَاهُنَا وَ أَشَارَ بِيَدِهِ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ

From Zurārah said, I was with Abī Ja`far (عليه السلام) and a man from the people of al-Kūfa asked him about the saying of Amīr al-Mu’minīn (عليه السلام), ‘Salūnī (Ask me) whatever you wish, and you will not ask me about a thing except that I inform you of it’. He (عليه السلام) said: ‘No one has with him knowledge of a thing except that is comes from Amīr al-Mu’minīn (عليه السلام). So people can go wherever they desire, by Allāh, there is no authority (right) except from here, and he pointed with his hand to his house (i.e. Ahl al-Bayt (عليهم السلام))’

Source:

1.     Al-Kulaynī, Al-Kāfī, ed. `Alī Akbar al-Ghaffārī, 8 vols., (Tehran: Dār al-Kutub al-Islāmiyyah, 3^rd Edition, 1388 AH), vol. 1, pg. 399, ḥadīth # 2

Grading:

1.     Al-Majlisī said this hadeeth is Ḥasan (Good)
à Mir’āt Al-`Uqūl, 26 vols., (Tehran: Dār al-Kutub al-Islāmiyyah, 1410 AH), vol. 4, pg. 308

Reward for Visiting Any of the Imams

Here is a Ṣaḥīḥ (Authentic) ḥadīth that says that visiting any of the A’immah (عليهم السلام) is like the reward for visiting al-Husayn (عليه السلام). This means the reward for visiting any of the A’immah (عليهم السلام) is the same as the reward for visiting Imām al-Ḥusayn (عليه السلام).

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ فِي ثَوَابِ الْأَعْمَالِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْبَرْقِيِّ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الْوَشَّاءِ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِلرِّضَا ع مَا لِمَنْ أَتَى قَبْرَ أَحَدٍ مِنَ الْأَئِمَّةِ ع قَالَ لَهُ مِثْلُ مَا لِمَنْ أَتَى قَبْرَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قُلْتُ مَا لِمَنْ زَارَ قَبْرَ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ ع قَالَ مِثْلُ مَا لِمَنْ زَارَ قَبْرَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع
From al-Ḥasan bin `Alī al-Washshā‘ said, I said to al-Riḍā (عليه السلام), ‘What is (the reward) for one who comes to the grave of one of the A’immah (عليهم السلام)?’ He (عليه السلام) said to him: ‘Like what is (the reward) of the one who comes to the grave of Abī `Abd Allāh (al-Ḥussayn).’ I (al-Washshā’) said: ‘What is (the reward) for the one who visits the grave of Abī al-Ḥasan (Mūsa al-Kādhim)?’ He (عليه السلام) said: ‘Like what is (the reward) of the one who comes to the grave of Abī `Abd Allāh (al-Ḥusayn)’
Source:

1.     Al-Sadūq, Thawāb al-`Amāl, (Qum: al-Manshūrāt al-Sharīf al-Raḍī, 2^nd ed., 1406), pg. 98, ḥadīth # 1

Grading:

1.     `Āsif al-Muḥsinī said this ḥadīth is Mu`tabar (Authentic)
à Mashra`ah Bihār al-Anwaar, (Beirut: Mu’assasah al-`Ārif lil-Matbū`āt, 2^nd ed., 1426) vol. 2, pg. 481

Reward for Visiting Imam al-Kadhim

Here is a Ṣaḥīḥ (Authentic) ḥadīth that says that visiting the grave of Imām Mūsa al-Kādhim, in al-Kādhimayn or al-Kādhimiyyah, is like visiting the grave of Imām al-Husayn (عليه السلام). This means visiting the grave of Imām Mūsa al-Kādhim has the same reward as visiting the grave of Imām al-Husayn (عليه السلام).

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الْوَشَّاءِ عَنِ الرِّضَا ع قَالَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ زِيَارَةِ قَبْرِ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ ع مِثْلُ قَبْرِ الْحُسَيْنِ ع قَالَ نَعَمْ

From al-Ḥasan bin `Alī al-Washshā’ from al-Riḍa (عليه السلام) said, ‘I asked him (عليه السلام) about ziyārah (visitation) of grave Abī al-Ḥasan (Mūsa al-Kādhim), is it like (visiting) the grave al-Ḥusayn (عليه السلام)?’ He (عليه السلام) said: ‘Yes’

Source:

1.     Al-Kulaynī, Al-Kāfī, ed. `Alī Akbar al-Ghaffārī, 8 vols., (Tehran: Dār al-Kutub al-Islāmiyyah, 3^rd Edition, 1388 AH), vol. 4, pg. 540, ḥadīth # 583

Grading:

1.     Al-Majlisī said this hadeeth is Ṣaḥīḥ (Authentic)
à Mir’āt Al-`Uqūl, 26 vols., (Tehran: Dār al-Kutub al-Islāmiyyah, 1410 AH), vol. 18, pg. 311